Children’s Courses from August 2025 Now Online

You can now book our parent-child and children’s courses for the second semester of 2025 on our website.

Here is the direct link for children’s courses

Here is the direct link for baby swimming and parent-child courses

FloatFit HIIT and Yoga Course at Bachgraben

As a trial offer, we are introducing FloatFit for the first time in the Basel area from July 8, 2025, to July 31, 2025, at Gartenbad Bachgraben.
The courses will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00 – 8:45 PM and 8:45 – 9:30 PM.

You can choose whether you'd like to try just one session or join a four-week course. Feel free to contact us for more information—no obligation.

Read an external article about FloatFit here.

Each session costs CHF 30.00 (pool entry not included).

Spontaneous participants are welcome to join on-site, provided there are free boards available. Payment can be made in cash or by credit card.

Registration for the FloatFit courses is now open.
Each course is limited to 8 participants.

Here is the direct link

Adult Summer Courses at Bachgraben

You can now register for the adult intensive and beginner courses.
Each course is limited to 8 participants.

Here is the direct link

Cancellation Insurance for Courses

You can insure your courses against illness, accidents, etc., with Allianz Travel Switzerland. Insurance is the responsibility of the customer.

We will not refund missed lessons. Please see our terms and conditions.

Here you can find a product flyer

Press Release Aqua-Fitness in Basel Aktuell 08.2024

Your personal user account on our homepage

We have pushed ahead with the digitalization of our homepage and have set up new functions for this purpose. You can set up a user account on our homepage, where you can see the dates of booked courses at any time, find an overview of invoices, report absences, manage address and contact details independently and have many other functions.

If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Certification for aqua fitness courses

We are pleased to inform you that our Aqua-Fit & Aqua-Gym courses are still certified by qualicert. You can find more information here.

We are looking for YOU!

You have joy in the water and can also convey this? Then we can offer you the following: We are looking for a dedicated instructor for our parent-child and children's swimming courses to strengthen our team of instructors. We offer modern employment conditions, internal training and job shadowing and an attractive salary. You have a strong sense of responsibility. You are able to lead professional lessons for groups of 6 - 10 participants.able to work under pressure. You have a sound knowledge of German and English.

We are a leading, renowned, family-run swimming school in Basel with over 49 years of teaching experience in the water. We playfully and competently teach babies and toddlers, children, teenagers, adults and seniors in the Basel region. We have more than 60 dedicated trainers who have a contemporary, pedagogical and professional basic and safety training. We run almost 350 courses in no less than 16 indoor pools in Basel and the region.
Our guiding principle can be described simply and aptly: "Weightless and playful water experience-LIFE for every generation".

Do you want to become a part of our passion? Then apply by email: info@knechtli.com

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Opening hours office

You can reach us by telephone at the following times:

Monday to Fiday:        08:00 - 12:00 h

Outside the opening hours you are welcome to send us an E-mail to: info@knechtli.com. We will take care of your request as soon as possible.